Heya! Back with chapter two- thank you so so much if you reviewed or liked or followed or etc- I really appreciate it, so thanks! :P I seriously wasn't expecting ANYONE to view this- so cheers to anyone who's reading this. Anyway, I'll shut up now and let you read this wonderful piece of crack- or what will be crack in next chapter.

DISCLAIMER: I'm too awkward to come up with Fullmetal Alchemist lol #awkwardlyfe

"What is it?" Ed questioned in astonishment, albeit slight suspicion, looking down at the odd sort of transmutation circle in front of him. He struggled to make sense of it, even with the alchemic knowledge he had- it seems Colonel Bastard may have made the right choice on this one to try it out.

In response to his question, in a slightly less dazed tone, the Colonel replied with; "That's what we're hoping to find out. I've concluded that it's unlikely to involve the Philosopher's Stone, although it could still be very dangerous."

"Wait.." Ed was silent for a second. Yes, Edward Elric finally shut his trap. Although, the reason for this was his thoughts, as they suddenly came to make more sense. And upon realising what it meant, he grew slightly angry.

"You only brought me because it's okay if I suffer due to this, didn't you!?" He questioned in rage.

"Well no, my intentions were-"

"Let me guess; maybe if it has an effect on any of us, it will be SMALLER for me, so then it won't be as bad! Well who are you calling a bean sprout midget who's so small that even an ant has to bend down to see him-"

"Edward," Roy said calmly, obliviously talking over Ed's childish shouting.

"I don't recall having mentioned anything about that... However..."

"Please," Riza interluded, gun held in her right hand as usual. "Just get on with the transmutation or whatever the hell it is. We don't have time for this."

"Fine." Ed grunted. He quietly muttered something under his breath among the lines of 'stupid Colonel bastard'.

After a brief moment of silence, Roy took a deep breath, and bent down to squat besides the transmutation circle he'd so thoroughly examined just a few days ago.

'Well, I hope this works...' He thought to himself, mentally praying to himself that nothing bad would happen.

However, he knew the danger he was getting into here. He should have known that this would be risky before coming here- and that he couldn't just back out at the last minute like a coward, however much he wanted to in the current situation. He had been through Ishval, this was nothing.

However, neither of them would know the effects of what might happen at this point. But, time would pass, and eventually, they'd find out..

"Alright. You ready?" Ed asked, hands nearing the circle below him with every heavy breath.

"I suppose I'll have to be."

They both took one final look at eachother, and then prepared for a huge reaction from the circle, trying to keep their eyes open just before they pressed their palms against the ground and-

"Huh?"

Ed tried pressing his hands against the circle again, bewildered as to why nothing had happened.

Mustang sighed, thinking to himself; 'another failed attempt... Great.'

Although, something suddenly interrupted his thoughts, as a blinding light lit up below him. Both alchemists looked down at the circle and took a step back, observing the reaction.

The lines of the circle had lit up, which wasn't anything new- however what was rather unusual was the fact that both Ed and Roy had, for a split second, felt an odd chill run down their spines, and then felt an even more odd kind of burning sensation in their palms.

It had only lasted for a second, and looked to have had no effect, leaving Roy, Ed and Riza slightly baffled. A transmutation circle that had just randomly lit up? That didn't happen. This couldn't have been right.

"What the hell." Ed said. "I thought this was supposed to do something?"

"I think it did- look." Hawkeye stated. She then pointed towards the gradually fading transmutation circle, causing both Ed and Roy to turn their heads in amazement.

"It's... It's fading?"

"Oh great. So just as soon as we might actually be onto something, it's gone." Roy muttered sarcastically. "Wonderful."

"Well it can't have just lit up and faded away for nothing- it will have done something..." Riza commented, looking back for a moment and then averting her gaze onto Roy before he stood up and wiped some sweat off his brow.

"Maybe," he begun. "Maybe this has a long term result..."

"What are you talking about? Alchemy doesn't have 'long term results'." Ed blandly admitted.

"Although, this seems to be a different kind of alchemy altogether... I don't know what it is, but it's certainly nothing we've dealt with in the past."

Roy paused, looking out into the distance for a short moment to see the sun setting and sinking beneath the horizon line. The colors in the sky had almost mushed together, making a smooth transition from light blue, to pink, to orange. Admiring it's beauty, he stood back for a moment.

"Perhaps we should be heading back to the inn now, Colonel..." Hawkeye suggested, also noticing the gradual change of weather, and therefore the change of time. "It's getting late."

"Ah, yes, of course. Wouldn't want to be out here for too long..."

"Can we get food? My stomach's grumbling like a volcano." Ed asked, folding his arms before starting to stroll away, slowly, waiting for the other two to follow.

"Why not." Riza replied, giving a brief signal to Mustang, who was stood still at the ground behind the two, after trailing along behind Edward.

"I have a bad feeling about this." He muttered under his breath.